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the autrocity in libya, who was behind the thing in libya. the side bar, right? next to it. right there -- it's about romney. and the sort of, you know, shoot from the lip approach which, you know, and the questions of judgment and character that is raises. domestic policies, you make an of yourself and then the character question. i mean, at a moment like that when you don't know what's going on, when you know america is under attack, we are all supposed to be americans. >> this is sort of the thing that newt gingrich would do. how can i attack the gut. >> mitt romney went out there and we all talk about the campaign and how can people let him do this? these words passed through his lips not once, but twice. and he's not a dumb guy. he had to know what he was doing and, as you noted earlier, had he to know that the stuff wasn't true and yet he said it any way. >> the new rules of engagement are, even if you know something about medicare, is it true? even if you know something about welfare, it's not true. >> there's something particularly foul about this instance. we have t
the autrocity in libya, who was behind the thing in libya. the side bar, right? next to it. right there -- it's about romney. and the sort of, you know, shoot from the lip approach which, you know, and the questions of judgment and character that is raises. domestic policies, you make an of yourself and then the character question. i mean, at a moment like that when you don't know what's going on, when you know america is under attack, we are all supposed to be americans. >> this is sort...
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marines are being moved into libya to beef up security. the marines traditionally defend all larger u.s. embassies from around the world. with us, michael lighter, a former director of of the u.s. national countterrorism center. if that was indeed what spawned the rage in cairo, somebody i spoke to said there is great reason to believe that the attack on benghazi was different, more concerted, more organized. do you concur with that earlier analysis? >> i do, brian, although it is very hard to tell in just the hours and days after an attack like this. i think it is most likely the only correlation was that they occurred at the same time. the protests in egypt looked so different from the rather organized attack that was clearly intended to harm and kill u.s. diplomats, my guess is that the case will be different than the other. >> do you concur with richard gel who says it will be interesting in. >> reporter: we did amazing work in libya to help depose moammar gadhafi. but at the same time, there are real elements in tunisia, libya, that a
marines are being moved into libya to beef up security. the marines traditionally defend all larger u.s. embassies from around the world. with us, michael lighter, a former director of of the u.s. national countterrorism center. if that was indeed what spawned the rage in cairo, somebody i spoke to said there is great reason to believe that the attack on benghazi was different, more concerted, more organized. do you concur with that earlier analysis? >> i do, brian, although it is very...
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i think i worry more about egypt than about libya. but, i don't think it is going to go over a cliff. larry, give me a good defense of mit romney's claim. if you take out the gaffe element and you cut to his principle point that he claims he has been making on the stop. that a lot of people in america, the ones under barack obama don't pay income tax and are living off government handouts? >> that isn't one that i would make. no, i don't think it is accurate. 49% of households that are getting government benefits is accurate. that is a good number. once you get beyond that, the issue that half the people hey income tax, that is true. but so many people pay the payroll tax. i haven't taken positions yet and the idea that you can derive from government benefits voting patterns is a flawed idea. for example, retirees vote heavily for republicans but they don't pay income taxes. veterans groups the same way. regarding the whole issue of non income tax payment. middle class people might be earning $50,000, $60,000, $70,000 a year. they get
i think i worry more about egypt than about libya. but, i don't think it is going to go over a cliff. larry, give me a good defense of mit romney's claim. if you take out the gaffe element and you cut to his principle point that he claims he has been making on the stop. that a lot of people in america, the ones under barack obama don't pay income tax and are living off government handouts? >> that isn't one that i would make. no, i don't think it is accurate. 49% of households that are...
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mission in libya. they also claimed credit for a firebombing in may that targeted the red cross office in benghazi. they also claimed credit for that attack on june 6th that the u.s. consulate in benghazi, the ied attack, that ended up in that video. they also claimed credit nor an attack less than a week later on the british envoy to libya, the british one. that attack also taking place in benghazi. and then a week after that, islamist militants attacked another consulate in benghazi, the consulate of tunisia. so, yes, there is that video, this crude, anti-muslim video which is the latest anti-muslim provocation causing protests and riots around the world. we will talk more about that later. but what happened last night in libya does not seem to be the spontaneous outburst of a crowd that had its sensitivities offended by religious provocation. it does not seem to have been that kind of violence, at least at this early date. that angry religious mob phenomenon is part of the relevant context for under
mission in libya. they also claimed credit for a firebombing in may that targeted the red cross office in benghazi. they also claimed credit for that attack on june 6th that the u.s. consulate in benghazi, the ied attack, that ended up in that video. they also claimed credit nor an attack less than a week later on the british envoy to libya, the british one. that attack also taking place in benghazi. and then a week after that, islamist militants attacked another consulate in benghazi, the...
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the attack in benghazi, libya. what more are we learning about the attacks and the measures the state department is trying to take to ensure the safety of its personnel left in benghazi, tripoli, and elsewhere? >> you have a couple of things, anderson. what they're trying to do is make sure the security of the people who are left, and that's only in tripoli, not in benghazi, is assured, so they're sending some marines. it's kind of like a quick reaction for us to the embassy in tripoli to beef that up. they're also notifying troops around the world that potentially they could be used in various ways to ensure the security of american personnel and then, of course, as you mentioned, you've got the destroyers. this would be the destroyers and the drones would be used more, let's say, if the president determined that it was a time to strike against whoever was the group that carried out this attack. >> we'll have a look back on the life of the ambassador. jill and jomana, we'll check in with you. this is a story with
the attack in benghazi, libya. what more are we learning about the attacks and the measures the state department is trying to take to ensure the safety of its personnel left in benghazi, tripoli, and elsewhere? >> you have a couple of things, anderson. what they're trying to do is make sure the security of the people who are left, and that's only in tripoli, not in benghazi, is assured, so they're sending some marines. it's kind of like a quick reaction for us to the embassy in tripoli to...
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we're the number one target in libya. and the fact that there are so many arms, heavy arms included. the ambassador was a natural target, and only one way to protect these people, and that's complete mobility. the s.e.a.l.s provide a security team, but the ambassador would never have been allowed to wander around hotels. she's absolutely right. this is a surprise to me that he was wandering around that country without security. >> you agree with bob, there knees to be needs to be an investigation? >> absolutely. even if it was the ambassador's preference to have a heavy footprint, we have a government to protect. >> more on mitt romney's effort to restate some of his remarks. restate i guess is the word on the i hadden camera video. in a more appealing way. mr. romney tries to refork discuss move on, his campaign is dragging the whole thing back. are they bending the facts? keeping them honest, next. ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may
we're the number one target in libya. and the fact that there are so many arms, heavy arms included. the ambassador was a natural target, and only one way to protect these people, and that's complete mobility. the s.e.a.l.s provide a security team, but the ambassador would never have been allowed to wander around hotels. she's absolutely right. this is a surprise to me that he was wandering around that country without security. >> you agree with bob, there knees to be needs to be an...
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ambassador to libya were killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. crowds of protesters setting fire to the building, expressing their anger over a low-budget film that is considered offensive to islam. chris stevens, u.s. ambassador to libya, died in a rocket attack that also killed three security staff members. the last time an ambassador was killed by terrorists was in 1979. in cairo, egypt, protesters scaled the wall of the u.s. embassy and ripped down the american flag. joining me now, author and senior fellow at stanford universi university, fouad ajami. >> this is extremely sad. sometimes words cannot express the absurdity and horror of such things. we've been here before. more than two decades ago the famous episode of writing a book that muslims considered offensive and then people died. protests greeted the publication of the book. an offensive film is met with a deeply offensive and violent attack on the consulate in benghazi. the sadness of it is that ambassador stevens worked long and hard for the liberation of the libyan people from the
ambassador to libya were killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. crowds of protesters setting fire to the building, expressing their anger over a low-budget film that is considered offensive to islam. chris stevens, u.s. ambassador to libya, died in a rocket attack that also killed three security staff members. the last time an ambassador was killed by terrorists was in 1979. in cairo, egypt, protesters scaled the wall of the u.s. embassy and ripped down the american flag....
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diplomats in libya. stevens joined the foreign service in 1991 and served in several posts in the middle east. state department officials sean smith was also killed. he leaves a wife and two children. we don't know yet the identity of the two other americans killed. our sympathies and prayers are with the families of those killed while they were serving their country. tragedy like this, our time for unity. they are not a time to advance a political agenda. but that's the course mitt romney chose. the language he used to politicize he's theents are the same language that he's been using. he is making the president out to be difference, to be other. this language is ugly. the president said romney should get his facts straight. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here and governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later and as president, one of the things i've learned is you can't do that. it's important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the
diplomats in libya. stevens joined the foreign service in 1991 and served in several posts in the middle east. state department officials sean smith was also killed. he leaves a wife and two children. we don't know yet the identity of the two other americans killed. our sympathies and prayers are with the families of those killed while they were serving their country. tragedy like this, our time for unity. they are not a time to advance a political agenda. but that's the course mitt romney...
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we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. >> jon: that is an extremely abbreviated time line. question for us on news watch how did the media react or fail to react to the news surrounding these events? let's go to correspondent shannon bream for more. >> late tuesday, g.o.p. nominee mitt romney released a statement calling the administration's initial response to the attacks in egypt disgraceful. they appeared to, quote, sympathize with those that waged the attacks. it came in the response of an embassy statement which hillary clinton had reportedly rejected and senator officials say the white house never approved. yet despite the distance the administration to want it between it and embassy statement only romney seems to be taking the heat for criticizing it. >> the statement looks tone deaf in this light. >> reporter: they called romney's statement, unwise and inaccurate and unpresidential. >> the president's policies in the midd
we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. >> jon: that is an extremely abbreviated time line. question for us on news watch how did the media react or fail to react to the news surrounding these events? let's go to correspondent shannon bream for more. >> late tuesday, g.o.p. nominee mitt romney released a statement calling the administration's initial response to...
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ambassador in libya. but when you talk to ordinary member of the muslim brotherhood, it's a completely different message. >> another one of our courageous journalists. ben, please be careful yourself. >> now to that final journey home for the four americans killed in libya. joining suss robin wright, a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center. she was a close personal friend of ambassador stevens. robin, such a sad day for all of us, especially for someone like you who knew him for 20 years. listen to the secretary of state at the memorial service today. >> people loved to work with chris. and as he rose through the ranks, they loved to work for chris. he was known not only for his courage but for his smile, goofy but contagious, for his sense of fun and that california cool. >> you knew him for about 20 years. you were at his swearing in ceremony when he became the ambassador. talk a little bit about how this has impacted you. i know even last week you were in touch with him
ambassador in libya. but when you talk to ordinary member of the muslim brotherhood, it's a completely different message. >> another one of our courageous journalists. ben, please be careful yourself. >> now to that final journey home for the four americans killed in libya. joining suss robin wright, a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center. she was a close personal friend of ambassador stevens. robin, such a sad day for all of us, especially for...
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. >> four americans were killed at consulate in libya. abc 7 is covering every angle of the deadly attacks. scott is tracking the developments for us. we now know the president has called diplomatic facilities in africa and the middle east assure them their safety is the primary concern. non-essential told to leave. more than 20 countries are these tents displays. irut asf anger in be the leader made a rare demanding the united states be held accountable for the controversial movie trailer. >> the world cannot comprehend of discussed this to the prophet mohammed. >> that is just a fraction of the unrest. afghanistan, thousands police officers near embassy, injuring at least 15. >> we will continue to protest. we are ready to sacrifice ourselves in the islamic way. >> in pakistan, protesters climbed the u.s. consulate wall chanting" down with america." want to warn america is with thet play muslims, he said. >> there is still active debate to the deaths of e ambassador and three other americans in libya. the president of that country on th
. >> four americans were killed at consulate in libya. abc 7 is covering every angle of the deadly attacks. scott is tracking the developments for us. we now know the president has called diplomatic facilities in africa and the middle east assure them their safety is the primary concern. non-essential told to leave. more than 20 countries are these tents displays. irut asf anger in be the leader made a rare demanding the united states be held accountable for the controversial movie...
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it was clear there's a runni threat in libya. and, you know, frankly, anderson, this compound was underprotected in that sort of situation. i've served in places like this. and, you know, there was watchtowers, sandbags, machine guns, and a safe room is really truly a safe room. and if this was just a residential compound, it was underprotected. >> fran, what do you make of it? it sounds like if they were warned three days before, that's pretty damning, no? >> it is, anderson. and there's a couple of points to be made here. first of all, who did they speak to at the consulate? and what did those u.s. consulate employees do with that information? did they pass it on? did it get to the regional security officer who would have been in position to give additional resources and protection to both the compound and to the ambassador? second, anderson, as you recall, i was there in libya in tripoli august 28th and 29th. i had breakfast with ambassador stevens on august 28th and 29th and talked to him about my own observations about the i
it was clear there's a runni threat in libya. and, you know, frankly, anderson, this compound was underprotected in that sort of situation. i've served in places like this. and, you know, there was watchtowers, sandbags, machine guns, and a safe room is really truly a safe room. and if this was just a residential compound, it was underprotected. >> fran, what do you make of it? it sounds like if they were warned three days before, that's pretty damning, no? >> it is, anderson. and...
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. >>> romney bumbles libya. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this horrible story of the courageous american ambassador killed in libya. chris stevens sounds like a great guy. peace corps volunteer who in his more recent career acted heroically in the overthrow of gadhafi. has been overshadowed by the desperate reach by mitt romney to secure political advantage. hours before the killing romney issued a statement accusing president obama of having sympathized with those making the attacks on the u.s. consulate. he called it disgraceful. went further, obama sympathizes with attackers in egypt, the rnc chair tweeted, referring to a similar assault on the u.s. embassy in cairo. the accusation that the president sympathized with muslim militants echoes past attacks from the right. what's new in romney's statement in libya is its wildness. the president never said he sympathized with the crowds in libya and egypt protesting an anti-muslim film, apparen
. >>> romney bumbles libya. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this horrible story of the courageous american ambassador killed in libya. chris stevens sounds like a great guy. peace corps volunteer who in his more recent career acted heroically in the overthrow of gadhafi. has been overshadowed by the desperate reach by mitt romney to secure political advantage. hours before the killing romney issued...
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there's a any government in libya trying to find its way. these are unique presidential challenges about how we should find our way. >> yeah. i think the president in egypt has a lot to answer for because he's been elukt tant to come out with any statements condemning the attacks or declaring solidarity with the united states, if anything as a member of the muslim brotherhood he probably would have been part of the demonstrations himself just a few months ago. so it is a new calculus in the middle east. at least the president of libya publicly apologized and as you mentioned as well. the people of libya, there's a spontaneous demonstration tide where local benghazi with signs apologized. i think for so long, so -- so to have egypt to be a big question mark and to have him be missing in action when there's something to say for him to be considered an ally of the united states, he needs to come out and say something. >> jim frederick and richard wolf, thank you for joining me on this breaking news story. >>> coming up, rush limbaugh says that
there's a any government in libya trying to find its way. these are unique presidential challenges about how we should find our way. >> yeah. i think the president in egypt has a lot to answer for because he's been elukt tant to come out with any statements condemning the attacks or declaring solidarity with the united states, if anything as a member of the muslim brotherhood he probably would have been part of the demonstrations himself just a few months ago. so it is a new calculus in...
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>>> an al qaeda hot spot inside libya. we're traveling to a town where extremists are in charge and on the rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because the last thing you want is to spend too much on your mortgage. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ >>> there are growing concerns about the rise of extremist groups inside libya weeks after the attack that took the lives of the united states ambassador and three other americans. cnn's senior correspondent got an extraordinary amount of access this week to an area that could be consider
>>> an al qaeda hot spot inside libya. we're traveling to a town where extremists are in charge and on the rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken...
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now what's the situation there in your opinion how does a country like libya want to rebuild itself one of the after months very few people talk about is that many of those who fought in libya now went to the area and are now fighting in mali for example we have now sort of a civil war going on some really extreme muslim took over the north a part of mali many of those fought before that and worked with weapons everything were trained in libya so we see sort of the fallout of this war in libya in the neighboring countries is there a chance that the type of situation we see right now in libya could be repeated in syria as of today the situation for me in syria looks much worse than in libya because i mean the whole environment you know with the middle east conflict. is one problem the other problem is that right now there seems to be so many other countries. if their own interest was in syria supporting one side or the other turkey with a kurdish problem so they are supporting the movement just to prevent the kurds within syria to have their own you know autonomy then you have the gu
now what's the situation there in your opinion how does a country like libya want to rebuild itself one of the after months very few people talk about is that many of those who fought in libya now went to the area and are now fighting in mali for example we have now sort of a civil war going on some really extreme muslim took over the north a part of mali many of those fought before that and worked with weapons everything were trained in libya so we see sort of the fallout of this war in libya...
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steak in egypt is more important than in libya. >> i agree. it is. >> nice to be with you again. >>> many could go up, what the anti-american fervor in the middle east could mean for the race for the white house. is this a turning point in the campaign? stay with us. those surprising little things she does still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache.
steak in egypt is more important than in libya. >> i agree. it is. >> nice to be with you again. >>> many could go up, what the anti-american fervor in the middle east could mean for the race for the white house. is this a turning point in the campaign? stay with us. those surprising little things she does still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready...
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that is the capital of libya. but it is way over on the other peninsula on the right on the eastern part of the country where the city of benghazi is located. this place that christopher stevens, our ambassador who was just killed, the place he wrote about in 2008 in this cable that was uncovered by wikileaks, it's right there next to benghazi, the city of derna. in order to understand how it is we just had an ambassador murdered, it's worth knowing what the ambassador had to say about this flas place. it's interesting and seems to be connected. derna is famous in america for anything, it's for a bad reason. when they were flowing into iraq to martyr themselves trying to kill american troops in iraq, al qaeda documents seized by the u.s. army in iraq showed the little town of derna in libya sent more volunteers to die in iraq in 2006 and 2007 than any other place in the entire arab world. libya, per capita, as a country, sent more fighters to iraq than any other country, but it was specifically derna, that town, t
that is the capital of libya. but it is way over on the other peninsula on the right on the eastern part of the country where the city of benghazi is located. this place that christopher stevens, our ambassador who was just killed, the place he wrote about in 2008 in this cable that was uncovered by wikileaks, it's right there next to benghazi, the city of derna. in order to understand how it is we just had an ambassador murdered, it's worth knowing what the ambassador had to say about this...
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the part that happened in libya. we will talk about the president's wonderful performance in a moment. the way they are attacking obama, it is not as if he left his guard down. it is as if he is sympathizing with the enemy. it is not just an argument over competence or strength, it is an argument over loyal. >> cynthia is right. this is the southern strategy at-large. chris, real substantive political leaders in america, presidents, like fdr in the 30s or ronald reagan in the 80s, tend to remake their parties in their own images around their own core beliefs. mitt romney doesn't appear to have a core that you can build anything around. so, as a result, the party remakes him in its image. the party, the republican party right now is dominated by this, you call them a fringe but it is a larger chung than that. these kind of tea party folks. you have to adopt their delusional world view, which includes things like obama is a muslim candidate who hates america and is all about destroying the country. you have to blow the
the part that happened in libya. we will talk about the president's wonderful performance in a moment. the way they are attacking obama, it is not as if he left his guard down. it is as if he is sympathizing with the enemy. it is not just an argument over competence or strength, it is an argument over loyal. >> cynthia is right. this is the southern strategy at-large. chris, real substantive political leaders in america, presidents, like fdr in the 30s or ronald reagan in the 80s, tend to...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. the latest on who's suspected to be behind it and the politics that surround it, both important parts of the story but we also want to remember the lives lost. four people killed, four americans. we know two of their names. the other two names have not been released as the government tries to contact their families. there's also reports of a number of libyans who died trying to protect the consulate in benghazi. we know the name sean smith, ten-year veteran of the state departme department, husband and father of two and the name christopher stevens, u.s. ambassador, just 52 years old with a remarkable career. kr chris stevens was first sent there in 2007. last year he was tasked with a formidable and dangerous assignment, america's point man with the forces fighting gadhafi. >> in the early days of the libyan revolution, i asked chris to be our envoy to the rebel opposition. he arrived on a cargo ship in the port of benghazi and began building relationships with libya's revolutionarie
consulate in benghazi, libya. the latest on who's suspected to be behind it and the politics that surround it, both important parts of the story but we also want to remember the lives lost. four people killed, four americans. we know two of their names. the other two names have not been released as the government tries to contact their families. there's also reports of a number of libyans who died trying to protect the consulate in benghazi. we know the name sean smith, ten-year veteran of the...